The General Surgical Care Practitioner Improves Surgical Outpatient Streamlining and the Delivery of Elective Surgical Care. Issue 6 (June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kumar, Rohan; Debono, Lisa; Sharma, Paritosh; Basu, Sanjoy
• Is Part Of: Journal of perioperative practice. Volume 23:Issue 6(2013)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 141
• Publication Date: 2013-06
• Subjects: Surgical care practitioner -- Outpatient service -- Elective surgery -- Service management -- Elective cholecystectomy -- Telephone follow; Operating room nursing -- Periodicals; 617.9192
• DOI: 10.1177/175045891302300603
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2515-7949

Abstract

The feasibility of implementing a surgical care practitioner (SCP) role for the delivery of secondary care within the general surgery department of a district general hospital was evaluated. Streamlining patients into an SCP-led 'one-stop' gallbladder clinic for symptomatic uncomplicated cholelithiasis led to a reduction in follow-up clinic workload for major elective laparoscopic work and more appropriate triaging of primary care referrals. Each of these improvements contributed to an efficient service model.